Antibodies to Schmallenberg virus in domestic livestock in Turkey |
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Authors: | Ahmet Kursat Azkur Harun Albayrak Ali Risvanli Zuleyha Pestil Emre Ozan Oktay Y?lmaz Sukru Tonbak Abdullah Cavunt Hamza Kad? Hasan Ceyhun Macun Duygu Acar Erhan Özenç Sidal Alparslan Hakan Bulut |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kirikkale University, 71451, Kirikkale, Turkey 2. Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey 3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey 4. Department of Virology, Pendik Veterinary Control Institute, Istanbul, Turkey 5. Department of Virology, Veterinary Control Institute, Samsun, Turkey 6. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey 7. Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, 23110, Elazig, Turkey 8. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kirikkale University, Kirikkale, Turkey
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Abstract: | This, partly retrospective study, was designed to determine the seroprevalence of Schmallenberg virus (SBV), a new Orthobunyavirus first reported in Germany in late 2011, in domestic ruminants from the Middle Black Sea, West, and Southeast regions of Turkey. An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to screen serum samples collected from slaughterhouse animals between 2006 and 2013. The overall seroprevalence was 335/1,362 (24.5 %) with 325/816 (39.8 %), 5/307 (1.6 %), 3/109 (2.8 %), and 2/130 (1.5 %) recorded in cattle, sheep, goats, and Anatolian water buffalo, respectively. This is the first study to demonstrate the presence of antibodies to SBV in Turkish ruminants; it indicates that cattle are more susceptible to infection than sheep, goats, or buffalo and that exposure of domestic ruminants to SBV in Turkey may have occurred up to 5 years prior to the first recorded outbreak of the disease in 2011. |
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